As part of its Thinking Beyond the Open House series, IAP2 BC hosted a panel discussion on public engagement for architects and engineers. The purpose of the events is to inspire creative community engagement practice for the professions. A diverse group of 35 P2 practitioners, engineers, architects and students gathered in a private room at the Devil’s Elbow on October 8th to hear lessons learned … Continue reading CHAPTER NEWS – BC
Geoff Wilson, co-chair, Chapter Committee I wanted to take this opportunity to reflect on where we are as the newest chapter of IAP2 Canada. We have been slowly getting our chapter organized. In March, both St. John’s and Halifax hosted meet’n’greets for members and friends of IAP2. In New Brunswick, Luc Richard and Paul Lang introduced IAP2 to a dozen or so curious New Brunswickers … Continue reading CHAPTER NEWS – ATLANTIC
The emerging Yukon Chapter is seeking feedback from interested Yukoner practitioners and members of the public on what folks want the Chapter to be. Chapter Founder John Glynn-Morris has built an initial database of 45 people who took the Foundations course earlier this year, took part in the public event in September, government workers who attended a lunch-and-learn and others and has now circulated an … Continue reading CHAPTER NEWS – Yukon/North
Once again, IAP2 Canada is pleased to be a partner with Strategy Institute in the Summit on Public Consultation and Engagement. IAP2 Canada members receive a 20% discount on the registration fee. Check out the information and use the promo code IAP20 when registering. This is an opportunity for you to revolutionize your engagement strategy at the only event in Canada to help you drive … Continue reading 5th Annual Summit on Public Consultation and Engagement
As the field of public participation evolves, taking academic research and “lessons learned” and putting that knowledge into practice becomes increasingly important. On Tuesday, November 17* at 3pm (Eastern)/Noon (Pacific), we’ll hear from two leaders in combining the two disciplines. Fiona Cavanagh is Executive Director of the Centre for Public Involvement — a partnership of the City of Edmonton and the University of Alberta. CPI … Continue reading “Research and Practice” – the IAP2 November webinar
Should governments and other public institutions make an effort to “stay in touch” with citizens outside of a specific project that requires public engagement? Our October Webinar looked at two initiatives by the School of Government (SOG) at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill: a blog called CELE — Community Engagement Learning Exchange – in which people from various sectors write on their … Continue reading Rewind: “Getting Engaged – Staying Engaged” – the IAP2 October Webinar
I currently work in engagement (public participation) at The City of Calgary. I often work with project teams that are new to the concept of public participation or at the very least are not experienced in that area. Budget and time allowing, it is great to have them take the Foundations of Public Participation training to establish common understanding of what public participation is, why … Continue reading Tips from the Trainers – Lara Tierney
Jeff Cook of Beringia Community Planning and the Pikangikum (First Nation) Health Authority were co-recipients of the IAP2 Canada Core Values Award for Indigenous Engagement at the 2015 North American Conference in Portland. Their project, “Working It Out Together”, was a three-year effort to set up a planning framework to address complex mental and physical health issues in the community in Northwestern Ontario. They used … Continue reading MEET A MEMBER: Jeff Cook, Principal & President, Beringia Community Planning
Brenda Pichette, of the IAP2 Certification Task Force, explains why having a “Certificate” or attending the “Certificate Course” is not the same as being “Certified”. Let’s bring some clarity to all of this. As P2 professionals we are starting to see “IAP2 Certification” as a pre-requisite for jobs and a requirement in RFPs. That’s awesome: the public participation world out there is starting to recognize … Continue reading Certified-Certificate-Certification?? What’s in a word?
In my last President’s Message (August), I shared my view that P2 professionals need to be proficient at helping organizations better engage their publics, but also highly skilled at helping them to build effective collaborative structures and processes. I opined that as professionals we need to be able to mentor, coach and support organizations to be effective and ‘smart’ partners given that inter-organizational collaboration is … Continue reading President’s Message – ‘Doing’ P2 Research ‘Together’
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